Regulators Begin Enforcing
The Do-Not-Call Registry

WASHINGTON -- Federal communications regulators began enforcing the national do-not-call registry Wednesday and asked for crucial assistance from an unlikely source: the telemarketing industry.

The Federal Communications Commission asked the Direct Marketing Association for the database of more than 51.5 million phone numbers of consumers who don't want to be called. The registry was established by the Federal Trade Commission, which was blocked from enforcing it last week by a federal court that ruled the FTC program...